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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   in article 11lvtrbgi0u4193@news.supernews.com, Paul Vader at   
   pv+usenet@pobox.com wrote on 10/26/05 2:38 PM:   
      
   > ANIM8Rfsk  writes:   
   >>> What part of "geosynchronous orbit" don't you understand?   
   >>>   
   >>> -- Ken from Chicago   
   >>>   
   >> The TOS ship is NOT in geosync.  Transporter range is well below it.   
   >   
   > Ha! It's iffy on TNG and beyond too - 40,000km is what memory alpha says.   
   > So much for that fanwank.   
      
   I didn't recall what TNG was, but TOS is 16,000 miles.   
   >   
   > On the other hand, TOS era ships are so overpowered that you wonder why   
   > they bother going into orbit at all - they could just hang there in the   
   > same way that bricks don't. *   
      
   That's exactly what they do.  They call it 'standard orbit' but it really   
   ain't no such thing.   
      
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